Dainty, ferocious and extravagant; Chinese art in Florence.(artworks from Tang Dynasty)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: March 15, 2008 | Copyright information

Small but perfectly formed

Italy's Renaissance jewel is a fine setting for treasures from China's golden age

IT HAS already been billed as Renaissance squared--China's golden age meets Italy's era of glory. But this exhibition is far more ambitious than that.

More than 200 Chinese paintings, sculptures and works of art--among them pieces never before seen in the West--are on display at the magnificent arcaded Palazzo Strozzi in the centre of Florence. Its focus is the art of the Tang dynasty, the high point of Chinese cosmopolitan culture.

The Tang emperors ...

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